I work as the Community Outreach Officer for the Welsh Dictionary of Biography, more collquially called the #Bywgraffiadur, at the #NationalLibraryOfWales. Our goal is to close representational gaps and set the Dictionary on a course of recording the diverse lives of historical Welsh people in all their facets. https://biography.wales/
Otherwise, I'm working on #WelshWritingInEnglish mostly from the long #C19, so there is lots of overspill into #RomanticLit and #EdwardianLit, #CulturalHeritage and #History of this small nation. Other research interests include #TravelWriting, particularly illustrated accounts and the history of the #VisitorsBook. For recent projects, I've undertaken some #PublicHistory work and community outreach about #PortHeritage, #WW1 German submarine warfare and its effects on Welsh communities.
I share longer #WorkInProgress on my blog: https://bydbach.hcommons.org/
Toots will be mostly in #English, but occasionally also in #Deutsch and #Cymraeg.
#introduction #bywgraffiadur #NationalLibraryofWales #WelshWritingInEnglish #c19 #romanticlit #EdwardianLit #culturalheritage #history #travelwriting #VisitorsBook #publichistory #portheritage #ww1 #workinprogress #English #Deutsch #cymraeg
📣 Join me for a special #Halloween seminar at the #NationalLibraryofWales this October! 🎃
I'll be taking you on a whistle-stop tour of #Wales's ghostly #folklore over the centuries, highlighting the myriad of unique motifs and themes that separates the appearance of the Welsh #spirit from its British counterparts. 👻
#spirit #folklore #Wales #NationalLibraryofWales #halloween
Very good turnout and great atmosphere at the #righttostrike TUC rally in #Aberystwyth today with @ucu, PCS, NEU and other #unions supporting.
https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/education/unions-unite-on-day-of-strikes-in-aberystwyth-592294
#costofliving #aberystwythuniversity #NationalLibraryofWales #Penglaisschool #Ceredigion #Cymru #Wales
#Wales #cymru #Ceredigion #penglaisschool #NationalLibraryofWales #aberystwythuniversity #costofliving #unions #aberystwyth #righttostrike
@aileenfyfe @VicTurk The correspondence of Thomas Stephens held in two humongous volumes at the #NationalLibraryOfWales has also recently been transcribed in its entirety and published in PDF form. Alas, it hasn't been shouted from the roof tops quite as much.
Vol 1: https://archives.library.wales/index.php/letters-534
Vol 2: https://archives.library.wales/index.php/letters-889
Some hashtags to help me connect with my people? 🤔 ..
#Wikimedia #Wikidata #OpenAccess #LinkedData #Cycling #Wales #Welshhistory #Libraries #Digital #Cymraeg #NationalLibraryofWales #equality #Ceredigion #GLAM #Llyfrgelloedd
#Llyfrgelloedd #glam #Ceredigion #equality #NationalLibraryofWales #cymraeg #digital #libraries #welshhistory #Wales #cycling #linkeddata #openaccess #wikidata #wikimedia